Filing device



1931- R. c. RUSSELL- ET AL 1,831,510

FILING DEVICE Filed Dec. 25, 1929 1?. C. HusseZZ r]. C. HmsseZZ,

Patented Nov. 10, 1931 RGBER'I C.RUSSE1L AND "JOSEPH= CLIFFORD RIUSSiEnL'f OE? H'BTSBURGHQ rnnmsyLvAmr-m Mme Device 7 Application filed. Decemher 23,.1 929. Serial. m. 416,082.

This invention relates to filing. devices and" the primary object is t'olprovide an index of this character, which will be more compact than those heretofore known, so that a larger number of cards may he stored in. a given amount ofjspace, and a greater, number of cards frn'ay be arranged? on each. drawer or board of the structure. 7 A further object is to. furnish an indexlof this type, comprising novel card-sup orting I as-thedescriptiofn proceeds; the invention consists in the novel features hereinafter 'described in detaih fillustrated in the accom panying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the ap pendedclaims. neferri gm the dr'awings, g

Fig, 1 is an. elevation of a lvisihleindex drawer or board constructed in accordance with our inventiomandjshown sup orting a number of cards and their sugp ort" are.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional I View of the same,"on the line 2+2 ef'Fig. l.

Fig. 3ji s an enlargedi'sectional View on the line, 1 3' of'Fig, 1'.

Fig.1 4; 's ,a persjpe'ctiveview of one of. our 5 improved card-supportin'g hars. r Fig, 5 is a perspective'view of'one ofthe slidinglock plates thatare employed to keep the supportingbarsinpositionif Fig.6 is an enlarged perspective View ofa {.0 portion of one of the card supportin fibers,

andillustrating the inclinedlips which form a g'zuijdeway into whieha card is inserted;f

I ig. 7 is a perspectiye{ view ofa: corner portion of oneoi the cards,

$5 'In the drawin s, 8' igd'catesaadraweri.0r

hoard formed' 0 .sheetinetah'fone side edge portion of which is bent inwardly to provide a ,guideway; on groove ,9. The. loweiiedgel por- 6011.10.10.13 the driawerpiszbentiforwardly at g; rightl-anglesgto thahack ofjthe drawelitoj-reiw PATENT dormer i inforce the latter. The top edge l'l'li'slient forwardly in the same, Way, and" it 'willi be noted, thatthe edge portions 10" and, 11c'lbse the ends of the groove 9'.

The other side edgeportion of the drawer is provided with a, ehannel shaped guiding vmern'her l2, that, is preferably fbrnied". of

sheetnnetalf and" secured? .to. thehack of'the drawer by any suit'able'nieans such as;rivetl-. ii1g or theli k e. The guide 12"is, equipped with flangesl which extend;towardionetan-r other, andslidahly interlockwithIoutwardly extending flanges 14 .on sheeflmet'al locking plateslS.

It will'he noted-that the. guidhJZeXtQnds the full lengthof the drawer,- andithat. there are a number of'locking platesr, ,lfisli dhlily cooperating therewith. The" lower One of these l'oclgiug plates is rigidlyqconnectedito an extenslon member lfifthatji's.liingedahl'? to a master locking glate, 118', which can swing on the. hinge but which is normallymain:

tained in alignment. with the. glatesv 15 ,liy

means of asuitable spring-late 119.1 When the pIateISis swung forwardlyiafter released by the lateh,i.i t istobvious thatall of the plates 15'1n'ay slide (lOWUWZLIidIYftWSQIIlG extent on the guide. 12,, This arrangement allows the locking platestogbe sliiftedflfdr, the

purpose of releasing the card=supporting bars which will hedescrihed'hereinafter... At this point, itwillTb'e netedjthat the plates,15 extend inwardly beyondv the inner; edge, of the guide 12,1soJas, to providea graoveflt) which is arranged opposite the,groovet9.,..and.

also extends practically the run; length. of the'drawer. v.

I A supnlemental, metal. sheet 21. is secured to the 1 face. of the part/8, anddts, side edges extend into the grooivesQ. 211162120. I.'his;sheet is secured to the part Sfby. any; suitable means, and forms with the parts; a pocket 22.t0.-r.e.- ceive the lower ones, of the cards 23,. when the latt'er arefinsertedin the, index.

7 it may be seen: thatveacli 1 cardhas-at .95 its upper corners, projecting shonlders,24,--

and when the cards are inserted, in thereupporting liars. 25)., these sli0ulders-.rest on. ears .26 which... are. struck forward. from eacli jof the suppo rting barsr' 29, but the ears areextended As before stated, these supporting bars are of special construction, and are designed to permit a great-er number of cards to be mounted on a tray than was heretofore possible. Each bar is preferably of sheet-metal, and is' relatively narrow from end to end, and its'extremities are curled, as shown at 27, to provide enlargements which engage and can slide .in the grooves 9 and 20. As the terminals 27 are curled rearwardly, it may be seen from Fig. 3 that they act to space the body of the bar from the backing 8, so as to allow anumber of thin cards 23 to lie between the bar and the backing 8, as may be seen from Fig. 2. I Heretofore, we have proposed slotted cardsupporting bars, but such bars had plain slots. In our present invention, the slot 28 of the bar is defined by upper and lower inclined lips 29 and 30, so that a card may be inserted through the slot while the card is substantially parallel to the bar. In other words, the lips defining the slot provide an inclined mouth which is arranged at an obtuse angle to the straight portions 31 and 32 of the bar. Consequently, when a card'is inserted into the slot, it will lie substantially at an acute angle to the bar.

The upper lip 29 extendsrea-rwardly and downwardly, while the lower lip extends forwardly and upwardly. We prefer to form the cars 26 from parts of the upper lip forwardly instead of rearwardly. I

For the purpose of securing each card to itssupporting bar, the latter is provided intermediate its ends, with a forwardly pro- Jecting tongue 33 which is also formed from a part of the lip 29, and is extended forwardly so as to pass through a slit formed in the upper'portion of the card.

'When a card is to be inserted or removed, the plate 18 may be unlatched and swung forwardly, and then the locking plates 15 can be shifted so as to release the supporting bars 25; Now the supporting bar and its card may be extracted'from the drawer, and after the assembly has been extracted, the

card may be changed by drawing the same upwardly from the slot after the slit in the card has been released from the retaining tongue 33. I

' From the above description,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be appreciated that we have devised a visible card index which will allow a greater number of cards to be arranged on a drawer than was heretofore possible, and which will permit the entire index to be made much smaller and more compact than those heretofo're' known. V p p l/Vhile. we have disclosed what we now conf'sid'er a preferred embodiment of the invention,v"e are aware that various changes may be made in the details disclosed, without departing from the spirit of the invention, as expressed in the claims.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A, visible index including a card-supporting barprovided intermediate its upper and loweredges with a slot intowhich a card may be inserted, said bar having inclined portions functioning tohold a card at an acute angle relatively to the bar.

2. A visible index including a slotted cardsupport'ing bar having inclined lips between its upper and lower edges functioning to hold the card substantially at an acute angle to the bar.

3. ,A visible-index including a slotted cardsupporting bar having a downwardly and rearwardly inclined lip arrangedat thetop of the" slot.

4. A visible index including a slottedcardsupporting bar having a forwardly and upwardly inclined lip arranged at the bottom of the slot.

. 5. A visible index including a slotted cardsupporting bar having along its slot, a rearwardly and downwardly inclined lip and a forwardly and upwardly inclined lip, the

first mentioned lip being arrangedabove the slot, and the other lip being arranged below theslot.

6. A visible card index comprising a slotted card-supporting bar provided with a slot between its upper and lower edges and having its end portions bent to form enlargements adapted to space the body of the bar from a supporting surface, and a card supported by said bar and extending through said slot.

7. A visible index, comprising a card-sup- V porting bar having inclined lips defining an inclined guideway between the upper and lower edges of the bar, portions of the bar being bent forwardly to provide card-supporting ears.

8. A visible index comprising a slotted provided with inclined surfaces defining an inclined guideway between the upper and lower edges of the bar, cards extending through said guideways, and means on the bars for supporting said cards.

' 10. A visible index comprisingadrawer having oppositely disposed grooves, a series of card-supporting bars having their ends extending into said grooves, each bar being provided with inclined surfaces, definingjan inclined guide'way, and cards extending through said guideways, each card having 7 projecting shoulders, and each bar having supporting ears adapted to engage a said shoulders. I p

6 11. A visible index comprising a drawer having oppositely disposed grooves, a series of card-supporting bars having their ends extending into said grooves, each bar being provided with inclined surfaces defining an 10 inclined uideway, cards extendin through said gui eways, therends of each %)ar being bent to form enlargements which engage the grooves and function to space the body of the bar from the face of the drawer, and

means on the bars for supporting said cards.

12. A visible index comprising a drawer having oppositely disposed grooves, a series of card-supporting bars having their. ends extending into said grooves, each bar being provided with inclined surfaces defining an inclined guideway, and cards extending through said guideways, each card having a slit, and each bar having a retainin tongue adapted to fit in the slit of the car to support a card in said guideway.

13. A relatively narrow card-supporting bar formed of sheet-metal and having its end portions curled rearwardly to provide reinforcing enlargements, the bar having upper 0 and lower inclined lips defining an inclined guideway, one of said lips having portions thereof extending forwardly and forming card supports.

14. A relatively narrow card-supporting bar formed of a single thickness of sheetmetal and having its end portions curled rear-- wardly to provide reinforcing enlargements, the bar having upper and lower inclined lips" defining an inclined guideway, portions of 40 said bar extending forwardly and forming card supports.

In testimony whereof, we have signed this specification. ROBERT C. RUSSELL. 4s JOSEPH CLIFFORD RUSSELL. 

